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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2600766, member: 15062&quot;]Re: Mr. Gallino - I don&#039;t know who he is either, but his writing was accepted by Coin World.&nbsp; Does this make him an expert?&nbsp; Of course not, no more than anybody on this forum.&nbsp; He has his opinion and it is a valid as anybody else&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as a &quot;perfect&quot; coin.&nbsp; Yes, they do exist - in theory.&nbsp; But it all depends on the level of examination that you accept as being sufficient to apply that appellation.&nbsp; There are coins that, examined by the naked eye are perfect MS70 examples.&nbsp; Take that same coin and examine it under increasing magnification and, at some point, defects such as minor tooling marks or inclusions in the planchet or contact marks and handling scratches will begin to appear.&nbsp; So, the question of whether a perfect MS70 coin exists is relative only to the amount of magnification used to examine it.&nbsp; Perhaps the designation should be amended to something like MS70/00 (naked eye), MS70/05 (5x magnification), MS70/10 (10x magnification), et seq to designate the maximum magnification used before defects begin to appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Does a Pratical MS70 coin exist?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Does an Absolute ms70 coin exist?&nbsp; NO.&nbsp; Any MS70 coin examined under a SEM will become a MS69, or less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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